The Photographers Fix Kit
Built for photographers: wedding, portrait, commercial and event.
The ones who built real money in this trade did it by selling the USE of an image rather than the hour it took to make — Leibovitz licenses specific rights for specific periods and keeps everything else. This kit finds where the money leaks in your own work and gives you the steps and the words to close each one.
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The 21 leaks it covers
15 you can close it · 2 the other side owes it · 4 a pro decides
- No signed model release for images you want to license commerciallyWhere to look first: List the images you most want to license or sell as stock.Keep it from coming back: Make the release part of every booking packet and collect it at the shoot.You can close it
- Usage rights bundled into the shoot price — reuse given awayWhere to look first: Pull your last three commercial jobs. For each, write down what the client was allowed to do: where, how long, which media. If nothing was written, note that.Keep it from coming back: Never send files on a commercial job without written license terms on the quote and invoice.You can close it
- Faster turnaround demands paid in unpaid night hoursWhere to look first: Write down your current turnaround promise and how many nights or weekends it takes to meet it.Keep it from coming back: Promise turnaround in the contract at booking. Price rush delivery instead of absorbing it.You can close it
- Admin hours (emails, quotes, invoices, scheduling) never pricedWhere to look first: For two weeks, write down every block of time spent on emails, quotes, contracts, invoices, scheduling, gallery delivery and print orders. Your phone timer is enough.Keep it from coming back: Keep a running admin-hours line in your cost-per-booking sheet and re-check it every price change. Use templates so admin time drops instead of growing.You can close it
- Second shooter cost and their editing time not priced into the packageWhere to look first: For your last few jobs with a second shooter, write down what you paid them and how many hours you spent editing their images.Keep it from coming back: Price the second shooter before you book one. Track their editing hours every time.You can close it
- Editing hours — the largest unbilled blockWhere to look first: Time your culling and editing for your next few jobs, by job type.Keep it from coming back: Log editing hours for every job type at least once a year, and re-price from them.You can close it
- Pricing off shooting hours instead of total hours per sessionWhere to look first: Pick your most common session. Time everything for the next three of them: messages before, travel, the shoot, culling, editing, delivery, follow-up.Keep it from coming back: Time every session type once a year and re-price from the real hours.You can close it
- Prices copied from other photographers instead of built from your costsWhere to look first: Pull last year's bank and card statements and total your business costs: gear, insurance, software, travel, marketing, education, lab, fees.Keep it from coming back: Re-run your floor every year before you publish prices. Never price a new package without checking it against the floor.You can close it
- Gear cost missing from session pricing, and deduction timing uncheckedWhere to look first: List every body, lens, light and computer you bought in the last few years with date and price (receipts, card statements).Keep it from coming back: Drop each gear receipt in on the day you buy. Ask your CPA before big purchases.You can close it
- Comparing your pay to a wage figure that leaves out the self-employedWhere to look first: When you see 'photographers make $X an hour', check who it counts. The government wage survey leaves out the self-employed.Keep it from coming back: Re-run your true hourly every season before you publish new prices.You can close it
- Waiting for an industry rate table that cannot existWhere to look first: Stop looking for an official rate. The trade bodies say they cannot set prices.Keep it from coming back: Every number on your price list should trace back to your own costs.You can close it
- Sales tax depends on how you deliver images — uncheckedWhere to look first: List what you actually sell: session fee, digital files by link, USB drives, prints, albums, licenses for business use.Keep it from coming back: Before adding a new product (albums, USB, licenses), check its tax treatment in your state first. Keep exemption certificates on file from business clients.You can close it
- Registering only after theft: months before you can sueWhere to look first: Make registration routine, not a reaction: register new work in batches before or soon after it is published (see the registration rule).Keep it from coming back: Register every shoot in a regular batch. Do not wait for a theft to start the clock.You can close it
- Images never registered with the Copyright Office before theftWhere to look first: Pick a regular day each month (or each quarter) to register your work.Keep it from coming back: Register on a schedule tied to publication dates, not after a theft.You can close it
- Business miles not logged; home-office question decides the first driveWhere to look first: Start a mileage log today: date, from, to, purpose, miles. A phone app or a notebook both work.Keep it from coming back: Log miles the same day. Put venue addresses in each booking so trips can be rebuilt.You can close it
- Copyright Claims Board unused for small infringementsWhere to look first: Save dated screenshots and links of every use you find.Keep it from coming back: Register work before you publish or within three months after, so your options stay open.The other side owes it
- Takedown notices missing required elements, or sent where they shouldn't beWhere to look first: Find the site's designated agent for takedowns in the Copyright Office's DMCA Designated Agent Directory (copyright.gov/dmca-directory), or the site's own copyright form.Keep it from coming back: Keep originals and publication records organized so you can prove ownership fast. Register work on schedule for stronger options later.The other side owes it
- Software and subscription stack with overlapsWhere to look first: Go through three months of card and bank statements. List every recurring charge: editing, galleries, booking/CRM, backup, website, scheduler, AI editing, storage.Keep it from coming back: Review the subscription list every quarter. Before adding a new tool, check whether one you already pay for does the job.A pro decides
- 'Work for hire' clause signed and priced as a buyoutWhere to look first: Before you sign, search the contract for 'work made for hire', 'work for hire', 'assign' and 'all rights'.Keep it from coming back: Keep a buyout price on your price list so you never give ownership away inside a standard fee. Read every contract for the words 'work for hire' and 'assign' before signing.A pro decides
- Liability and equipment insurance confused, renewed without shoppingWhere to look first: Pull your policies. Check: do you have general liability AND equipment (inland marine) coverage? They are different policies.Keep it from coming back: Shop both policies before every renewal. Update the gear list after each purchase.A pro decides
- Self-employment tax not set aside; estimates guessed in a lumpy seasonWhere to look first: Open a separate savings account just for taxes. Move a set share of every client payment into it the day it lands. Your CPA tells you what share.Keep it from coming back: Move the tax share on the day each payment lands. Get the CPA's estimate plan before the busy season, not after it.A pro decides
Free: one full leak from this kit
No sign-up, no email. Here is leak 1 of 21 exactly as it appears in the kit, so you can see what you get before you buy.
No signed model release for images you want to license commercially
You can close it- List the images you most want to license or sell as stock.
- Check each: do you have a signed release from every recognizable person (and property owner where needed)?
- Get missing releases now from people you can still reach.
- Add a release to your standard booking paperwork so you collect it at the shoot.
- Rules differ by state. An attorney decides any question about a specific use.
Your part: Ask for and collect the signed releases, and decide what you license.
REQUEST FOR A RELEASE (to a past subject): "Hi [NAME], this is [YOUR NAME], who photographed you at [EVENT/SESSION] on [DATE]. I'd like the option to use [DESCRIBE IMAGE(S)] for [PURPOSE — e.g. my advertising / stock licensing]. That needs your written permission. I've attached a short release form; if you're comfortable, please sign and send it back. If you'd rather not, no problem — I won't use those images that way. [OFFER, if any: e.g. a free print]."
Make the release part of every booking packet and collect it at the shoot.
What this kit can't decide for you: Right-of-publicity questions are state law and an attorney's call. Release form wording should be checked by an attorney for your state.
That's 1 of 21. The other 20 come the same way in the kit: steps, words to send, a habit to keep each one closed.
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What people in this work look up
When photographers go looking for answers, they search things like “how to open a photography business”, “photography business”, “photography contract”, “photography pricing” and “photography packages”. Those searches turn up forms, averages and other people's numbers. This kit starts from your own records instead: the 21 places money leaks in this work, where to look first and the words to send to close each one.
What you get for each leak
- Numbered steps to close each leak
- Your part, spelled out
- Words you can use: letters and scripts, ready to send (fill in the brackets)
- A habit that keeps each leak from coming back
- An honest line on what the kit can't decide for you
A page from the kit
Questions people ask
How much should I charge for photography?
Price from total hours per session, including editing and admin, not shooting hours or other photographers' prices. The kit walks you through it.
Should usage rights be priced separately?
Yes. Rights bundled into the shoot price give reuse away. The kit shows how.
Should I register my images?
Registering only after theft costs you. The kit shows when and why.
What it can't decide for you
This kit works from your own records. It doesn't give legal, tax, licensing or financial advice, and it never tells you what to charge. Where a CPA, attorney, insurer or state board makes the call, the kit says so and gets your records ready for them.
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